Posts Tagged ‘Human Enhancments’
Bionic limbs
Sunday, November 2, 2008 13:20 No CommentsBionics, for most of us, would bring up images of Luke Skywalker and his robotic hand from Star Wars. If you’re as old as me (in your 40s) you can probably remember Steve Austin, the Six Million Dollar Man. Being able to bend solid steel bars and run as fast as a speeding car he was the epitome of cutting edge technology (be it sci-fi technology) of the 1970’s.
Today, Bionics, while not in the same league as Steve Austin, has progressed to an amazing level and has truly improved the lives of many people.
XOS Exoskeleton or Iron Man
Thursday, October 16, 2008 0:58 No CommentsThe awesome Sarcos-Raytheon’s XOS Exoskeleton, the full-body motion-assisting suit for “super soldier.” For the time being it may look as fat and ugly as Iron Monger, but remember Iron Man’s clunky beginnings. This may get to the point of being like the hot rod red and gold armor in a few years.
Sure, it doesn’t have [...]